In the work Chronolith, consisting of a complex multi-channel sound composition and stone slab installation, the bioacoustic group Jata C investigates the acoustics and temporal dimensions of stone structures, as well as their sustainability and interdependence with humans. Jata C (beepblip, OR poiesis, Boštjan PEROVŠEK, Bojana ŠALJIĆ PODEŠVA, Brane ZORMAN) poses the questions: How to listen to stone and think in geological time? Is it possible to understand the wider social context of man’s unsustainable exploitation of the environment through the sonority of stones? And if so, can this help with creating a juster and more reciprocal relationship with nature?

The artists obtained the sound material for the composition via field recordings of various locations and quarries. The installation serves as stone instrument, a sensorial extension to the human body, with which the composition and the vibrations of the stones are fed back into the materiality of the slabs with the help of transducers, forming a feedback loop. During the production of the work, the artists collaborated with scientists from the fields of micropaleontology, geology and physics, as well as the supporter of the project, the company Marmor Hotavlje. The work Chronolith is produced by the CONA institute for the program of the Steklenik gallery.

Jata C: Chronolith

CONA zavod / institute